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Brazil swept into the final of the Under-20 World Cup by routing Senegal 5-0, and they will face Serbia for the title after Mali were beaten 2-1 after extra time in the other semifinal. Brazil players celebrate against Senegal   Five-time champions  Brazil  had been far from dominant in their previous knockout matches, beating both Uruguay and Portugal in penalty shootouts, but they quickly took charge against  Senegal , going 4-0 up inside 35 minutes. Marcos Guilherme scored twice while Boschilla and Jorge also had goals for Brazil which opened the scoring via an own goal. Brazil will face the winner of the Wednesday's second semifinal between Serbia and Mali in the final. Brazil went ahead when an attack down the right flank by Joao Pedro was followed by an innocuous pass into the middle, which deflected off Senegal defender Andelinou Correa's heel into the goal. Correa had only been on the park for 13 minutes in the entire tournament and was on...

Nigeria  made a winning start,  Zimbabwe  created an upset, and  South Africa  and  Zambia  were held at home as the first matchday of CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifying continued Saturday.  Cape Verde Islands  scored seven goals and Angola four against weak rivals in other games as the contest to find 15 teams for the 2017 finals in Gabon unfolded. The Eagles of Nigeria celebrate their victory against Chad A disastrous start to the last qualifying competition robbed then defending champions  Nigeria  of a place in the 2015 tournament won by Côte d'Ivoire . But the Super Eagles patiently wore down dogged minnows  Chad  in northern city Kaduna for a 2-0 Group G victory. Gbolahan Salami broke the deadlock on 63 minutes and Odion Ighalo converted a penalty 10 minutes from time to complete a routine victory.  Zimbabwe , who missed a flight to  Malawi  and travelled by bus via...

Sweden gave up a 2-0 lead to Nigeria only for substitute Linda Sembrant to put the Europeans back in the lead, which Francisca Ordega cancelled out with three minutes remaining for a dramatic 3-3 draw in the first game of Group D at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™. Oshoala scores the second goal The Super Falcons, having never beaten Sweden on their three previous meetings, came out flying in the first few minutes and had the Swedes on the back foot for much of the first quarter of an hour. But an unfortunate own goal from Desire Oparanozie gave the Swedes the lead 20 minutes into the match. Emma Berglund ’s flicked header from a corner kick was redirected into Nigeria’s net by the No9’s chest. A poor clearance off another Swedish corner made it 2-0, Nilla Fischer able to tap in to an empty net after the ball made its way through the crowd. Nigeria’s front line refused to go quiet, however, and just after the break two goals in quick succession levelle...